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I am an experienced commercial lawyer and consultant with a deep knowledge of commercial transactions, governance, IP, insurance, payments, technology, data, software, systems integration and outsourcing transactions. I have been a partner at major global law firms, worked in-house and now run my own specialist firm. I help a variety of clients from start ups to large multi-national organisations.I specialize in advising clients on issues relating to their internal governance and agreements, commercial contracts, software licensing, SaaS, hosting, technology implementation, data privacy, insurance distribution contracts, corporate restructuring, services contracts, intellectual property protection and exploitation, general commercial contracts, consultancy contracts and outsourcing contracts.I act for both customers and suppliers and recent clients include banks like Deutsche Bank, insurance companies like Swiss Re, ReAssure and Phoenix, technology providers like Contino, Inawisdom, SteelEye, Cofruition, E2Tech, Sei Mani, Mesh-AI, Frontera and Greenkite, payments companies like Kikapay, telecom and media companies like BT and Sky and travel technology companies like Saga and Amadeus.My aim is to make transactions work for everyone, create solutions and fix problems. Having represented suppliers and customers, buyers and sellers, I know what really matters, what is market standard and when asking for too much is counter-productive. My clients know that I will help them build contractual relationships that are built to last, sort out their issues quickly and effectively and that my advice is both practical and commercial.My legal support goes beyond the narrow legal terms and also includes the key business drivers of price, performance, scope and governance. I offer my clients price certainty with a fixed price per contract/transaction, retainers or day rates rather than an hourly rate. Speed of turnaround, experience, commercial focus, availability, flexibility and price certainty are at the core of my client offering.

Listed skills include Technology Law, Commercial Law, Complex Contracts, Negotiation, and 27 others.